- Date
- September 12, 2003, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Rushville, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8702XCessna 182D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20030912023509A
- Case key
- 57941
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain control of the airplane during the initial takeoff climb which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane impacted the airstrip during an initial takeoff climb. The pilot reported that the windsock was indicating calm winds prior to his takeoff. He stated he used 2 notches of flaps and rotated at an airspeed of 58 to 60 knots. The pilot reported the airplane reached an altitude of about 10 feet when it started back down. The airplane impacted the terrain in what the pilot thinks was a nose down attitude. The airplane came to rest partially on the airstrip and partially in the bordering corn field.
Factual narrative
On September 12, 2003, at 1345 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182D, N8702X, collided with the terrain following a loss of control during takeoff from the Stevens Airstrip (1,500 feet by 75 feet, sod), in Rushville, Indiana. The takeoff was being made to the north. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 local flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight was originating at the time of the accident.
The pilot reported that the windsock was indicating calm winds prior to his takeoff. He stated he used 2 notches of flaps and rotated at an airspeed of 58 to 60 knots. The pilot reported the airplane reached an altitude of about 10 feet when it started back down. The airplane impacted the terrain in what the pilot thinks was a nose down attitude. The airplane came to rest partially on the airstrip and partially in the bordering corn field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8702X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18253102
- Airframe hours
- 4,660
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry A. Stevens
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 20, 2003 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- PVT · Rushville, IN
- Destination
- PVT · Rushville, IN
- Airport
- IN05 · Stevens, runway 36, 1,500 × 75 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- March 22, 2002
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 900 in this make and model · 950 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GEZ, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.